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Bloody Tourists

Extra Tracks, Remastered

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Track Listings

1 Dreadlock Holiday
2 For You and I
3 Take These Chains
4 Shock On the Tube (Don't Want Love)
5 Last Night
6 Anonymous Alcoholic
7 Reds in My Bed
8 Lifeline
9 Tokyo
10 Old Mister Time
11 From Rochdale to Ocho Rios
12 Everything You Wanted to Know About!!! (Exclamation Marks)
13 Nothing Can Move Me

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Digitally remastered 1997 reissue of their top 75 1978 album with 'Nothing Can Move Me' added as a bonus track. 13 tracks total, also featuring the top 50 hit 'Dreadlock Holiday', plus 'For You And I', 'Last Night', 'Take These Chains' &'Tokyo'. a Mercury Records release.

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‘Bloody Tourists’ is the sixth studio album by the English rock band 10CC, released in 1978. Recorded at Strawberry Studios South in Dorking, the album was produced by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman. The album is the first 10CC studio album to feature the band as a six piece. The new line-up was already assembled for the tour in support of the band’s previous album, Deceptive Bends, but changing Tony O’Malley for Duncan Mackay on the keyboards. The band was also solidified with song writing and lead vocals contributions from other members than the core duo of Stewart and Gouldman, however it was also the first 10CC album to feature songs written separately by Stewart and Gouldman. This version is remastered and includes a bonus track ‘Nothing Can Move Me’. Tracks: 1. Dreadlock Holiday 2. For You And I 3. Take These Chains 4. Shock On The Tube (Don’t Want Love) 5. Last Night 6. Anonymous Alcoholic 7. Reds In My Bed 8. Lifeline 9. Tokyo 10. Old Mister Time 11. From Rochdale To Ocho Rios 12. Everything You Wanted To Know About!!! 13. Nothing Can Move Me

Product details

  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.5 x 14.3 x 0.99 cm; 94.12 g
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Mercury
  • Manufacturer reference ‏ : ‎ 731453497320
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Mercury
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000006U4J
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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krafty karper
5.0 out of 5 stars 10cc, were probably the best band in the world!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2014
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I originally purchased this on vinyl when it came out and loved it. Some may say that Sheet Music was their best, and that may be true, but this album is a well crafted work, and still sounds fresh and interesting today. When I listen to this it evokes many happy memories of the late 70's, perhaps a happier, less complex time, when we were not distracted by mobile phones, the internet, and the constant urge to update our status on facebook. I look forward to getting reacquainted with these songs again, when music was original and fresh. Don't get me wrong I still listen to modern, new music, but this was the music of our youth, when bands weren't manufactured on the x factor, and long may it be listened to.

Buy this album and your in for a treat.
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Trevor Wills
5.0 out of 5 stars Not their greatest Album (that has to be original soundtrack I think) But Awesome no the less
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2018
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What can I say. I bought this re issued 180 gm Vinyl LP as my original is well played.

The original Album was (as with almost all 10cc Albums) Awesome. This remastered re-issued audiophile edition is phenomenal, the sound is crisp and clear and warm, and because its new heavy vinyl its also crackle free. I subsequently bought all the original 10cc audiophile editions albums.
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Mandrek Larl
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable but not a go to ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2022
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In many ways it has always been hard to classify 10cc: in their prime they were a fine pop-rock band (in the broadest sense) but there was always something extra, something undefinably different, something experimental but at the same time their music had a whiff of something that wasn't quite serious and was too clever-cloggsy [a sort of low-brow high-brow], and all that put together that made them an "Art-Rock" band. But by the time of "Bloody Tourists", the seventh album released under the 10cc moniker of the original quartet of multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter/producers Eric Stewart, Lol Creme, Graham Gouldman and Kevin Godley only Stewart and Gouldman remained and without Godley and Creme there was still the clever-cloggsy fun but now less art and more pop in their rock

"Bloody Tourists" opens with the wonderful chart-topper "Dreadlock Holiday", a timeless piece of cod-reggae fun, this was 1978 and everyone was having a crack at reggae [enough said]. Second track "For You and I" is a gentle ballad draped in luscious synthesised strings sounds in a sort of sub-"I'm Not In Love"-way, nice but it never touches the highwater mark of "I'm Not In Love" but then nothing could. The multi-layered "Take These Chains" that follows however is a bit lacklustre. "Shock on the Tube (Don't Want Love)" is a bouncy rocker with Stewart singing of fantasy on the underground, the lyrics are wonderful fun. The mid-tempo Gouldman/lead guitarist Rick Fenn penned "Last Night" is a bit too 10cc by numbers with its arty layers of instruments and voices but lacks the experimental cutting edge of their earlier work, and other than for drummer Paul Burgess's cowbells it is a bit forgettable. The final track on the original side one "The Anonymous Alcoholic" tells the story of an alcoholic falling-off the wagon in three movements [10cc liked a good three act story song - "One Night in Paris", "Feel the Benefit"]: starting before drink is taken as a dirge in [what I think is] 5/8ths time, after which it starts to rock and sway in feelgood 4/4 time before returning to a dirge with the subsequent hangover and repercussions, very clever and entertaining, but is it rock?

Side two opens with "Reds in My Bed" a medium tempo rocker that was released as a single but not surprisingly failed to chart as there's nothing special about it ["Dreadlock Holiday" would prove to have been 10cc's last hit single.] "Life Line" is a gentle slow multi-layered rocker with bits of reggae, it's fairly standard 10cc fare, not special but I rather like it. The slow love-song to "Tokyo" with its swirling synthesisers and ambient plinky-plonks is nice but not exciting, a label that could equally be applied to the largely forgettable "Old Mister Time" that follows. Penultimate track and still a concert audience pleaser "From Rochdale to Ocho Rios" is a fun bouncy singalong reggae number [think Lancastrian Jimmy Buffett and you won't be far off] and for which I have a soft spot: how many other songs name check Dorking? Album closer "Everything You've Wanted to Know About!!!" is another solid but formulaic 10cc style song it's Ok but if I'd been sequencing the album I would have swapped over the last two songs, to my mind "Everything You've Wanted to Know About!!!" is not a great album closer, unlike "From Rochdale to Ocho Rios" it doesn't leave me wanting more.

And that's it. Other than "Dreadlock Holiday" it's all a bit too 10cc by numbers, touches of artiness, touches of fun but it never really pushes at the envelope and that's why I am conflicted, there's nothing I don't really like, but equally with the exception of "Dreadlock Holiday" and "From Rochdale to Ocho Rios" there are no gabba-gabba-hey moments it's all a bit too sitting-down listening and that's why it's only four stars, enjoyable but not a go to.

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PS Gouldman, Burgess and Fenn continue to tour as 10cc and if you get the opportunity to see them live grab it with both hands you won't be disappointed they put on a fabulous show with all the hits and more.
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EJROLSTON
5.0 out of 5 stars Bloody Tourists
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2018
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10cc Bloody Tourists CD. Original release is a great album, well to me it is. I like all the tracks.
Some say the remastered version is not very good.?
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Cavern Chris
3.0 out of 5 stars This tourist - feeling slightly bloodied!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 August 2020
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Bloody tourists: released in 1978 - was the sixth album release by 10cc and the second since the departure of Godley and Creme two years previously.
Opening track: Dreadlock holiday,I feel needs no introduction.a no 1 single in the summer of said year.an upbeat Jamaican reggae parody,lyrically very witty - excellent start to album.
Elsewhere on Bloody tourist - is quite a mixed bag,with social observations and quite meloncholic songs; For you and I,Last night and Old mister time - being prime examples.
Bloody tourists sees the nucleus of 10cc: Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman,carry on with joint song writing duties and are - as ever - enthusiastic in their quest to take 10cc to the next phase.
Having said that,there is an overall feeling of disappointment,after listening to Bloody tourists in full.
Track 3: Take these chains - is a rocking upbeat song and reminiscient of an Elton John type guitar riff; Saturday nights all right for fighting,The bitch is back - vibes.
Tokyo: an homage to the Japanese capital city is passable - but lacks authentic Japanese instrumentation,to give it a truly oriental feel - just saying🇯🇵😂
Anonymous alcoholic is irreverent and witty,and is a litany of the potential highs and definite lows of such a vice.with background effects and voices - this is a song a lot of us can,I'm sure empathise with.
Next up is: Reds in my bed - and sees a rare song writing credit of Stuart Tosh (who also takes lead vocals),alongside Eric Stewart.band members contributions - always important!
From Rochdale to Ocho rios: with its authentic steel drums and calypso feel - succeeds (musically) where Tokyo fails - is about life on the road of a rock star.just like any holiday makers or tourists - it observes the chaos and frenetic touring schedule of such rock stars - then "time to do the show" - not all glamorous!
The original album closer - Everything you wanted to know about!!! - Is a disappointing end.but the one extra track: Nothing can move me - is a rock n roll parody - reminiscient of Chuck Berry style guitar and Jerry lee Lewis piano - and a much better song.
The overall theme of Bloody tourists: is emotional tourists of the mind,scarred by their experiences of life's journey (sounds corney I know) - but not local residents of holiday resorts snarling "Bloody tourists - go home" vibes.
This 1997 re-issue: I find slightly dissapointing,in the sense it does not include any lyrics or musician credits.so you have to rely on the informative and excellent sleeve notes by: Peter Burton - who? - No mention of his background - To guide you through the Bloody tourists experience.
To sum up: a good to ok 10cc album,a commercial success but no Sheet music or
Original soundtrack - of past glories.
P.S. I find the re-mastering on this CD re-issue; above average - all round clarity,despite some fellow reviewers' more critical concerns.
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A M Osumanu
5.0 out of 5 stars the old skool with a flavour
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 January 2019
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takes me back to my secondary school days and it was a jam.
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Dale Chappell
5.0 out of 5 stars Bloody brilliant.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 August 2017
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Not the full 10cc, but still the usual eclectic mix of pop brilliance & north west wit & sarcasm. Superb.
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A.Mac.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 July 2015
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With Godney and Creme missing from the lineup, Stewart and Gouldman were still quite unique song writers.
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C Degeling
4.0 out of 5 stars Goede muziek
Reviewed in the Netherlands on 5 June 2023
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Ik kan deze LP wel dromen, en nu eindelijk op CD gekocht met extra track. 1 ster minder dan 5, want ook dit doosje was compleet kapot, net als de andere van deze zending. Gelukkig is de CD intact.
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Lolotte
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Reviewed in France on 2 September 2020
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spigomars
5.0 out of 5 stars BLOODY TOURISTS hits the songs with just the right amount of satire...
Reviewed in Canada on 5 April 2018
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10 CC by this time had put out at least Five discs and had learned from Every One, by this time it was hard to find a problem with any track which they laid down on this disc...Frankly Goodly and Creme did a great job on this disc which pokes fun at the holiday life in Jamaica. Take the title for instance "BLOODY TOURISTS" that along with a man blinded by a map impaled upon his face...goes to show the helplessness of the average tourist..
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morgan00
5.0 out of 5 stars Großartiges Pop-Album
Reviewed in Germany on 27 September 2022
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"Bloody Tourists" war nach "Deceptive Bends" der zweite Anlauf von Gouldman und Stewart, nach dem Weggang der experimentellen Masterminds Godley und Creme zu zeigen, dass sie es auch zu zweit schaffen, dem Namen 10cc alle Ehre zu machen. Trotz des immensen Erfolgs, den die beiden mit diesem Album und der Single "Dreadlock Holiday" verbuchen konnten, zeigen und zeigten sich Fans der ersten Stunden bereits hier unzufrieden damit, dass aus den einstigen "Clever Clocks" zunehmend eine Pop-Band wurde.
Natürlich muss man zugeben, dass dieses Album nicht ganz in dieselbe Kerbe schlägt wie die ersten "klassischen" vier Alben - es fehlt eben der Zynismus, der Avantgarde und die schiere Experimentierfreude von Godley und Creme, um dies zu erreichen. Dennoch gelingt es Stewart und Gouldman ein weiteres Mal, ein von vorne bis hinten gutes Pop-Album zu produzieren, voll toller, eingängiger Melodien, superb und clever produziert und abwechslungsreich bis zum Schluss.

Dabei scheint das Album thematisch durchaus einem roten Faden zu folgen: Das Thema Reisen zieht sich durch so ziemlich jeden Song (bei "Dreadlock Holiday" wird von den Erlebnissen eines Touristen auf Jamaica berichtet, in "Life Line" und "From Rochdale To Ocho Rios" teilt Graham Gouldman seine Erfahrungen der Tourlebens mit der Band, während Kollege Stewart träumerisch von "Tokyo" schwärmt und eine interessante Anekdote über das Reisen durch die Zeit im Song "Old Mister Time" erzählt). Da hat man fast den Eindruck, ein durchdachtes Konzeptalbum vor sich zu haben - vielleicht war diese thematische Anhäufung aber auch nur ein passender Zufall. Fest steht jedenfalls: Musikalisch hat das Album neben dem Megahit "Dreadlock Holiday" noch einiges mehr zu bieten; kaum ein Song kann hier als Lückenfüller betrachtet werden, überall erwarten den Hörer tolle und ausgeklügelte Melodien, mal rockig, mal melancholisch, mal poppig, mal humorvoll. Dabei versuchen Stewart und Gouldman hier weniger, Godley und Creme auszugleichen (siehe "Good Morning Judge" oder "Honeymoon With B Troop" vom vorherigen Album), sondern schaffen sich hier eine eigene Identität als die "neuen" 10cc; und das finde ich keineswegs schlecht, da sie es dennoch schaffen, ihr Album interessant und innovativ zu halten.

"Bloody Tourists" bleibt für mich das letzte wirklich gute 10cc-Album. Mit Anbruch der 80er Jahre kühlte das Verhältnis zwischen Gouldman und Stewart leider merklich ab, was sich unweigerlich in der Musik widerspiegelte: Abgesehen von einigen wenigen Highlights waren die nachfolgenden 10cc-Alben leider nur ein blutleerer, wenig inspirierter Schatten dessen, was sie zuvor sehr viel besser gemacht hatten. Dennoch bleiben uns insgesamt sechs hervorragende Alben der Band aus den 70ern - und "Bloody Tourists" gehört definitiv dazu. Kaufempfehlung,
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Missing Person
5.0 out of 5 stars bloody great indeed; quintessential 10cc--stylistic variety and great songwriting
Reviewed in the United States on 5 November 2004
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10cc's "Bloody Tourists" was originally released in September of 1978--this was the follow up to 1977's "Deceptive Bends", and it was the second 10cc record without Godley & Creme who left the group in 1976 and continued to work together as duo.

Certainly Godley & Creme's departure had a big impact on 10cc--they contributed largely to the songwriting and overall sound of the group. However, the other 2 original 10cc members, Eric Stewart & Graham Gouldman, were brilliant musical minds in their own right, and they're basically running the show on here. The result is this brilliant album.

I realize that "Bloody Tourists" is typically considered a disappointment compared to "Deceptive Bends", but it appears to me to be very much the other way around. On "Deceptive Bends", it sounds like Stewart & Gouldman weren't quite prepared to step up and fill the void left by Godley & Creme, but were forcing themselves to do it anyway despite being short on ideas. With "Bloody Tourists", 10cc bounced back in a big way, sounding far more assured and invigorated, and 10cc's work would remain consistently strong/ brilliant until their initial breakup in 1983/ 1984, making "Bloody Tourists" something of a comeback from my perspective.

Rick Fenn, Stuart Tosh, Duncan Mackay, & Paul Burgess were additional band members at this point, but apart from "Dreadlock Holiday" (as well as its non-LP b-side "Nothing Can Move Me", included here as a bonus track) which is credited as having been produced by the whole group, the entire album was produced by Stewart & Gouldman, and between the two of them, they were also responsible for all of the songwriting apart from just a few co-writes from other members. As usual, there are a lot of different styles, terrific production values, & great performances. You still gets lots of wildly imaginative lyrics that are at times highly amusing, although the overall tone is a heck of a lot less "jokey" without Godley & Creme around, and considering how over-the-top they went at times, plus with the material on "Bloody Tourists" being as strong as it is, the change/ evolution is a welcome one.

The album piles up great track after great track. The reggae tune "Dreadlock Holiday" and the somewhat country-fied "Take These Chains" are infectiously catchy. The gorgeous thought-provoking ballad "For You and I", and the amusing, irresistible "Reds In My Bed" (written by Eric & Stuart Tosh, with an excellent lead vocal by Stu) are each splendidly tuneful, as is the dramatic and hauntingly powerful "Old Mister Time". Graham's tender "Life Line" seamlessly moves from acoustic balladry to catchy reggae. Eric's multi-part, wild subway sex fantasy "Shock on the Tube (Don't Want Love)" is a blast--it starts off with him singing on top of a dreamy, choir-like backing, before switching into a mid-tempo quasi-barroom style rocker with prominent piano (I don't know how else to explain it) and an exciting, roaring Stewart vocal, & adds a catchy chorus & rip-roaring riffy sections. Eric's ode to "Tokyo" is pretty bizarre--admittedly, the lyrics are weak and rather embarassing, and the track doesn't entirely hold together, but the opening portion, before the drums kick in at 1:53 of the track, is truly arresting with the dreamy textured sound and the engaging, somewhat haunting melodicism. Graham's tropical-flavored "From Rochdale To Ocho Rios", with a great acoustic riff, expresses the frustration of travelling from place to place in upbeat, whimsical fashion--it's a tad fluff-ish, but it's still entertaining. "The Anonymous Alcoholic", in uncanny fashion, captures the woefulness of living with alcohol addiction--it fittingly starts off using slow R&B as a backdrop for a tale about a guy suffering from withdrawal who swears he won't drink again, though of course he can't help himself, & the music switches into disco-mode to coincide with the guy drunkenly hitting the dancefloor & getting himself into a mess of trouble; perhaps this is Stewart & Gouldman's attempt at their own "sound movie" (a term Godley & Creme used for their "Une Nuit A Paris" from the 1975 album "The Original Soundtrack"), but it doesn't sound at all forced & they pull it off excellently. The original vinyl LP ended with Stewart's "Everything You Wanted To Know About!!! (Exclamation Marks)" which has ultra catchy, highly syncopated verses, and the lyrics on this tune, as well as "Shock On The Tube", both demonstrate his seemingly intense obsession with casual sex and/ or sex without love, seemingly as an attempt to fill the emptiness of not having true love; this general theme would go on to become increasingly prominent with Stewart on his 1982 solo album "Frooty Rooties", which makes me wonder about the state of his personal life around this time. "Last Night" starts off in suprisingly grungey & dull fashion, but it does shift gears & overall it's not bad. Overall, the album is immensely enjoyable.

Unfortunately, as mentioned by other reviewers, this Mercury Records CD reissue numbered 534 973-2 does leave quite a bit to be desired. Yes, I do give a big thumbs up for the inclusion of the cool, bluesy "Dreadlock Holiday" b-side "Nothing Can Move Me"--that's a definite plus. However, the sticker on the front claiming "extensive sleevenotes" is highly exaggerated--you get a considerably unenlightening and tiring essay that sprinkles in quotes from the album's lyrics. The original gatefold vinyl LP featured a picture with all 6 band members, full performance credits for each tune, and printed lyrics for all of the songs--none of these are featured with this CD reissue. Plus, "Old Mister Time" is credited as having been co-written by Dave Mackay--I presume they must mean Duncan Mackay. Then, of course, there's the issue of sound quality... I will say that although speed fluctuations are indeed noticeable, the sound quality isn't a DISASTER--the speed fluctuations are actually quite minor. I mean, it's a damn shame to hear that the album's original master recordings were considerably damaged--you do unfortunately hear some 'wrinkled tape' noises, but it's not like the sound on this CD is so bad that it can't be enjoyed--disappointing though it is, it's not THAT bad. Certainly there's no need to avoid this CD at all costs, as another reviewer said, although an original vinyl copy of the album is also desirable. It'd be a shame if listeners pass on "Bloody Tourists", because it really is a must-have album, a terrific demonstration of the brilliance of Eric Stewart & Graham Gouldman.
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